List of Fund Winners 1985-2024
This season marks the 39th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace FUND. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works in New York. This season, Franklin Furnace received 252 applications.
Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art 2024-25 grant recipients are:
- Malcolmx Betts (Bronx, NY)*
- Jade Blackstock (London, UK)
- j. bouey (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Kyle b. co (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Shola Cole aka Pirate Jenny (Newark, NJ)
- Estephania González (Tempe, AZ)
- Stephanie Mercedes (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Alex Romania (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Lara Salmon (Los Angeles, CA)
- Koloto Siraji (Jinja, Uganda)
- Kimiko Tanabe (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Anh Vo (Brooklyn, NY)*
* FUND award supported by Jerome Foundation.
Other grant recipients:
- XENO Prize for Performance Art: Naima Lowe (Tulsa, OK)
- XENO Prize for Artists’ Books: Mel Watkin (Cobden, IL)
- Jacki Apple Award: Maria Bauman (Brooklyn, NY)
This year’s peer artist review panel met in early July and decided to award seven $5,500 and five 4,000 grants from support Franklin Furnace received from Jerome Foundation, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the members and friends of Franklin Furnace Archive.
This season marks the 38th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace FUND. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works in New York. This season, Franklin Furnace received 252 applications.
Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art 2023-24 grant recipients are:
- Buffy (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Sara Kostic (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Flowers in the Basement (Amy Ruhl) (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Shawn Escarciga (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Jesus Benavente (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Nickolas Vaughan (Los Angeles, CA)
- Nima Nikakhlagh (Amherst, MA)
- Elina Kulikova (Annecy, France)
- Monstera Deliciosa (London, England)
- Lina Azalea (Kingston, NY)
*FUND award supported by Jerome Foundation.
Other grant recipients:
- XENO Prize for Performance Art: Alex Mari (Atlanta, GA)
- XENO Prize for Artists’ Books: Nick Thornburg (Lander, WY)
This year’s peer artist review panel met on July 18, 19, and 20, 2023 and decided to award five $5,900 and five 4,000 grants from support Franklin Furnace received from Jerome Foundation, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the members and friends of Franklin Furnace Archive.
This season marks the 37th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace FUND. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works in New York. This season, Franklin Furnace received 328 applications.
Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art 2022-23 grant recipients are:
- Helixx C. Armageddon (New York, NY)*
- Anna Costa e Silva & Nina Terra (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Zach Dorn (Los Angeles, CA)
- GOODW.Y.N. (New York, NY)*
- Kiyo Gutiérrez (Zapopan, Mexico)
- Nile Harris (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Robert Hickerson (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Natasha Iqbal Jozi Dani (Munich, Germany)
- Cheyenne LeGrande (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
- Tsedaye Makonnen (Washington, DC)
- Jaime Sunwoo (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Asia Stewart (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Yuliya Tsukerman (Brooklyn, NY)*
*FUND award supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s peer artist review panel met on July 26, 27 and 28, 2022 and decided to award thirteen $4,500 grants from support Franklin Furnace received from Jerome Foundation, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season marks the 36th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works in New York. This season, Franklin Furnace received 284 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2021-22 grant recipients are:
- Mrinalini Aggarwal (Supermrin) (Brazil) and Jessica Fertonani Cooke (USA)
- Zeelie Brown (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Armando Cortés (Wilmington, CA)
- Liz Ferrer and Bow Ty Enterprises Venture Capital (Miami, FL)
- Caroline Garcia and Gabriela Lopez Dena (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Sungjae Lee (Chicago)
- Ogemdi Ude (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Kiyan Williams (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Robin LaVerne Wilson (Brooklyn, NY)*
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award five $5,000 grants and four $3,333 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, SHS Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season marks the 35th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works in New York. This season, Franklin Furnace received 334 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2020-21 grant recipients are:
- Crystal Z Campbell (Tulsa, OK)
- May Maylisa Cat (Portland, OR)
- Katie Cercone (New York, NY)*
- Danielle Deadwyler (Atlanta, GA)
- Shenny de Los Angeles (New York, NY)*
- Dakota Gearhart (Queens, NY)*
- Yali Romagoza (Queens, NY)*
- Xiao Yang (Amherst, NY)
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award four $2,500 grants and four $7,500 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season marks the 34th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works in New York. This season, Franklin Furnace received 270 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2019-20 grant recipients are:
- Justin Allen (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Arantxa Araujo (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Leah Aron (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Becca Blackwell (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Jessica Blinkhorn (Atlanta, GA)
- IV Castellanos and Amanda Hunt (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Deborah Castillo (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Máiréad Delaney (Hinesburg, VT)
- Dominique Duroseau (Newark, NJ)
- Richard Kennedy (New York, NY)*
- Alice Klugherz (New York, NY)*
- Autumn Knight (New York, NY)*
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award three $3,000 grants, two $4,000, six $5,750 grants, and one $7,000 grant. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season marks the 33rd anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works. This season, Franklin Furnace received 287 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2018-19 grant recipients are:
- Laura Bernstein (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Rashayla Marie Brown (Chicago, IL)
- Shayna Dunkelman (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Nicole Goodwin (New York, NY)*
- Modesto Jimenez (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Guadalupe Maravilla (Richmond, VA)
- Nyugen Smith (Jersey City, NJ)
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award three $4000 grants and four $7000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season marks the 32nd anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works. This season, Franklin Furnace received 244 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2017-18 grant recipients are:
- Francheska Alcantara (Bronx, NY)*
- Cortney Andrews (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Ayana Evans (New York, NY)*
- Rory Golden (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Huisi He (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Amy Khoshbin (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Hee Ran Lee (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow (Ridgewood, NY)*
- Anna Natt (Berlin, Germany)
- Verónica Peña (West Lafayette, IN)
- Corinne Spencer (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Keijaun Thomas (Brooklyn, NY)*
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award six $2000 grants, two $2500 grants, and four $7000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season marks the 31st anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works. This season, Franklin Furnace received 421 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2016-17 grant recipients are:
- Amanda Alfieri (Queens, NY)*
- Doreen Garner (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Dietmar Krumrey and Kyle William Butler (Clare, MI)
- Nadja Verena Marcin (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Carlos Martiel (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (Winter Park, FL)
- Ari Tabei (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Whoop Dee Doo (Matt Roche / Jaimie Warren) (Brooklyn, NY)*
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award eight $5000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and general operating support from the New York State Council on the Arts.
This season marks the 30th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund! Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works. This season, Franklin Furnace received 492 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2015-16 grant recipients are:
- Jeremiah Barber (San Francisco, CA)
- Maya Ciarrocchi and Kris Grey (New York, NY)*
- Allana Clarke (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Melanie Crean, Shaun Leonardo, and Sable Elyse Smith (Brooklyn, NY)
- Tamar Ettun (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Victoria Keddie and Scott Kiernan (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yve Laris Cohen (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Shaun Leonardo (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint (Brooklyn, NY)
- Sheryl Oring (Greensboro, NC)
- Jacqueline Tarry (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Mirland P Terlonge (Brooklyn, NY)*
- Justin Randolph Thompson (Florence, Italy)
- Tori Wranes (Brooklyn, NY)
*Artists supported by Jerome Foundation.
This year’s panel of artists decided to award eight $3500 grants and six $6,000 grants. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, The SHS Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and general operating support from the New York State Council on the Arts.
This season marks the 29th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works. This season, Franklin Furnace received 577 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2014-15 grant recipients are:
- Elaine Angelopoulos (Brooklyn, NY)
- Daniel Bejar (Brooklyn, NY)
- Haley Bueschlen (New York, NY)
- Desiree Burch (New York, NY)
- Aisha Cousins (Brooklyn, NY)
- Chun Hua Catherine Dong (Montreal, Canada)
- Amber Hawk Swanson (New York, NY)
- Rosamond S. King (Brooklyn, NY)
- Seung-Min Lee (Brooklyn, NY)
- Anya Liftig (Brooklyn, NY)
- Erin Markey (Brooklyn, NY)
- Veronica Vera (New York, NY)
This year’s panel of artists decided to award eight $4,000 grants and four $2,000 grants to a total of twelve artists. Franklin Furnace received support from Jerome Foundation, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and general operating support from the New York State Council on the Arts.
This season marks the 28th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works. This season, Franklin Furnace received 515 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2013-14 grant recipients are:
- Tish Benson (Houston, TX)
- Tei Blow and Sean McElroy (Brooklyn, NY)
- Kabir Carter (Brooklyn, NY)
- Reginald Ellis Crump (Brooklyn, NY)
- David Antonio Cruz (Brooklyn, NY)
- Kelman Duran (Bronx, NY)
- Beatrice Glow (Queens, NY)
- Nadia Granados (Bogotá, Colombia)
- Haisi Hu (Brooklyn, NY)
- Michael Iauch (Durham, North Carolina)
- Reginald M. Lamar (Brooklyn, NY)
- Joyce Yu-Jean Lee (Baltimore, MD)
- Emily Mast (Los Angeles, CA)
- Tara Mateik (Brooklyn, NY)
- Jamie McMurry (North Hollywood, CA)
- Julie Atlas Muz (New York, NY)
- Matthew Silver (Brooklyn, NY)
- Conrad Ventur (Brooklyn, NY)
- Angela Washko (Long Island City, NY)
This year’s panel of artists decided to award six $9,000 grants and thirteen $3,000 grants to a total of nineteen artists and collaborations. Franklin Furnace received support from the Lambent Foundation, as well as longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation, and new support from The SHS Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season is the 27th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works for presentation. This season, Franklin Furnace received 454 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2012-13 grant recipients are:
- Einat Amir (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- G Douglas Barrett (Brooklyn, NY)
- Benjamin Bellas (Chicago, Il)
- Hector Canonge (New York, NY)
- Laura Cooper (London, UK)
- Robin Deacon (Chicago, Il)
- Susan Ensley (New York, NY)
- Brendan Fernandes (Brooklyn, NY)
- Sherman Fleming (Philadelphia, PA)
- Ariel Goldberg (Brooklyn, NY)
- Miao Jiaxin (Brooklyn, NY)
- Joseph Keckler (Brooklyn, NY)
- Marni Kotak (Brooklyn, NY)
- Ann-Marie Lequesne (London, UK)
- Alison O’Daniel (Los Angeles, CA)
- Noemi Segarra (Santurce, Puerto Rico)
Sixteen artists will receive a grant of $5,000. For 2012-13, Franklin Furnace received increased support from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, matching longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This season is the 26th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works for presentation in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the city environment. This season, Franklin Furnace received 350 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2011-12 grant recipients are:
- Elizabeth Axtman (Brooklyn, NY)
- Alison Crocetta (Columbus, Ohio)
- Donald Daedalus (New York, NY)
- Zachary Fabri (Brooklyn, NY)
- Lawrence Graham-Brown (Neptune, New Jersey)
- Dustin Grella (New York, NY)
- Pablo Helguera (Brooklyn, NY)
- Xandra Ibarra (Oakland, California)
- Annie Rachele Lanzillotto (Yonkers, NY) and Mary Anne Trasciatti (Long Beach, NY)
- JC Lenochan (Orange, NJ)
- LoVid (New York, NY)
- Kara Lynch (Brooklyn, NY)
- Chin Chih Yang (Astoria, NY)
- Bryan Zanisnik (Brooklyn, NY)
Eleven artists/collaborations will receive a grant of $6,000 and three artists/collaborations will receive a grant of $2,000. For 2011-12, Franklin Furnace received increased support from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, matching longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This is the 25th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art which has given awards to emerging performance artists to allow them to do major work in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the case of site-specific collaborative groups, in the city environment. This season, Franklin Furnace received 317 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2010-11 grant recipients are:
- Rob Andrews (Brooklyn, NY)
- Alina and Jeff Bliumis (New York, NY)
- Joe Diebes (Brooklyn, NY)
- Angela Ellsworth (Phoenix, AZ)
- Arielle Falk (Brooklyn, NY)
- Reid Farrington (Brooklyn, NY)
- Dan Fishback (Brooklyn, NY)
- Rachel Frank (Brooklyn, NY)
- Ayana Hampton (Los Angeles, CA)
- Elana Katz (Brooklyn, NY)
- Liz Magic Laser (New York, NY)
- Shaun El C. Leonardo (Ozone Park, NY)
- Clarinda Mac Low (New York, NY)
- Dafna Naphtali (Brooklyn, NY)
- Robert Previte (New York, NY)
- Jaye Rhee (New York, NY)
- Stacy Scibelli (Brooklyn, NY)
- Brandon Vickerd (Toronto, Ontario)
- Doug Garth Williams (Oakland, CA)
- Jayoung Yoon (Brooklyn, NY)
The selected artists will receive grants of $3,000 each. For 2010-11, Franklin Furnace received increased support from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, matching longstanding funding from Jerome Foundation. Additionally, this program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
FUNDWINNERS 2009
For twenty-five years, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art awards have been given to emerging performance artists to allow them to do major work in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the case of site-specific collaborative groups, in the city environment. This season, Franklin Furnace received 424 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2009-10 grant recipients are:
- Rafael Abreu-Canedo (New York, New York)
- Michael Paul Britto (Brooklyn, New York)
- Heather Cassils (Los Angeles, California)
- Zackary Drucker (Los Angeles, California)
- Marisa Jahn (New York, New York)
- Brooke O’Harra (Brooklyn, New York)
- Jeanine Oleson (Brooklyn, New York)
- David Perez (Guatemala)
- Spectres of Liberty (De Ruyter, New York)
- Emily Roysdon (Brooklyn, New York)
- Dread Scott (Brooklyn, New York)
The selected artists will receive grants of $5,818 each. In 2009-2010 these programs are made possible by Stimulus funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and the generous support of the Lambent Foundation, and Jerome Foundation.
In 2008, Franklin Furnace combined the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art and The Future of the Present programs into one entitled the Franklin Furnace Fund, supported by Jerome Foundation and the Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace annually awarded Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art grants to emerging artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to prepare major performance art works for presentation in New York; inaugurated in 1998 in collaboration with Pseudo Programs, Inc. as a series of performance art netcasts for worldwide audiences, The Future of the Present evolved into a sophisticated examination of issues raised by the Internet as an artistic medium and public venue. Franklin Furnace made the decision to combine these programs because during the last decade, artists have created works on every point of the spectrum between the body of the artist and the circulatory network of the Internet.
For twenty years, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art awards have been given to emerging performance artists to allow them to do major work in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the case of site-specific collaborative groups, in the city environment. This season, Franklin Furnace received 465 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2008-09 grant recipients are:
- Danielle Abrams (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
- Katherine Behar (New York, New York)
- Jibz Cameron (Brooklyn, New York)
- Peter Dobill (Brooklyn, New York)
- Shelly Mars (New York, New York)
- Amapola Prada Mendoza (Lima, Peru)
- Elaine Tin Nyo (New York, New York)
- Yoonhye Park (New York, New York)
- Edward Purver (Brooklyn, New York)
- Saya Woolfalk (Scarsdale, New York)
- Maria Yoon (New York, New York)
The selected artists will receive grants of $6,300 each. In 2008-2009 these programs are made possible by the generous support of the Jerome Foundation and the Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation.
FUNDWINNERS 2007
For twenty years, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art awards have been given to emerging performance artists to allow them to do major work in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the case of site-specific collaborative groups, in the city environment. In 2007, Franklin Furnace received 269 applications.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2007 grant recipients are:
- Alicia Cristina Grullon (Bronx, NY)
- Diana Heise (Kansas City, MO)
- Wayne Hodge (New York, NY)
- Kanene Holder (New York, NY)
- Selene Luna (Hollywood, CA)
- Taylor Mac (New York, NY)
- Naeem Mohaiemen (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Jessica Ann Peavy (New York, NY)
The selected artists received grants of $3,600 each. In 2007 these programs were made possible by the generous support of Jerome Foundation and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
FUNDWINNERS 2006
For twenty years, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art awards have been given to emerging performance artists to allow them to do major work in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the case of site-specific collaborative groups, in the city environment. This season, Franklin Furnace received 415 applications, more than ever before.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2006 grant recipients are:
- Lisa Bufano (Allston, MA)
- Kelly Dobson (Cambridge, MA)
- Kate Gilmore (New York, NY)
- David Khang (Vancouver, Canada)
- neuroTransmitter (New York, NY)
- Rashaad Newsome (Brooklyn, NY)
- Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa (Vancouver, Canada)
The selected artists will receive grants of $4,000 each. In 2006 these programs are made possible by the generous support of Jerome Foundation and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
FUNDWINNERS 2005
2005 FUNDWINNERS were selected by this year’s panel to be awarded $4000 from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported in 2005 by the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial and in recognition of the valuable cultural contributions of artists to society, to produce a major work anywhere in New York State. This year’s esteemed selection panel of artists were Gary Corbin, Nicols Dumit Estvez, G.H. Hovagimyan and Joshua Kinberg.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2005 grant recipients are:
- Catherine Baÿ (Paris, France)
- Paco Cao (Brooklyn, NY)
- Die Audio Gruppe (Baitz, Germany)
- Yoko Inoue (Brooklyn, NY)
- Hannah Wilke/Donald Goddard (New York, NY)
- Simba Yangala (New York, NY)
2004 FUNDWINNERS were selected by this year’s panel to be awarded $4000 from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported in 2004 by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Jerome Foundation in celebration of the Jerome Hill Centennial and in recognition of the valuable cultural contributions of artists to society, to produce a major work anywhere in New York State.
This year’s esteemed selection panel of artists were Zhang-Ga, Julia Heyward, Yael Kanarek, James Scruggs, and Juana Valdes.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2004 grant recipients are:
- Cave Dogs (Bloomington, NY)
- Desk of Gary Corbin (Brooklyn, NY)
- Nicolas Dumit Estevez (New York, NY)
- Ex.Pgirl (New York, NY)
- Lance Horne and Melissa Madden Gray (New York, NY & North Melbourne, Australia)
- Alexander Komlosi (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Red Dive (Brooklyn, NY)
Martha Wilson, Founding Director of Franklin Furnace, announced this season’s recipients of Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art awards at SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York on Friday, November 19, 2004. In celebration of the Fund’s 20th anniversary, as well as the centennial of the birth of Jerome Hill, artist and founder of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace presented performances and documentation of the winners in the main space of SculptureCenter.
2003 FUNDWINNERS were selected by this year’s panel to be awarded $5000 from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported in 2003 by Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts to produce a major work anywhere in New York State.
This year’s esteemed selection panel of artists were Deborah Edmeades, Tiffany Ludwig, Ricardo Miranda Zuiga, and William Pope.L.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2003-04 grant recipients are:
- Vivian Babuts (Dewitt, New York)
- Grupo 609 (Havana, Cuba)
- Stefanie Trojan (Munchen, Germany)
- Tobaron Waxman (Brooklyn, New York)
- Lois Weaver (New York City)
- Leslie Hill (Middlesex, UK)
- Helen Paris (Middlesex, UK)
- Adrianne Wortzel (New York City)
2002 FUNDWINNERS were selected by this year’s panel to be awarded $5000 from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported in 2001-02 by Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts to produce a major work anywhere in New York State.
This year’s esteemed selection panel of artists and curators were Natalie Bookchin, Zhang Ga, Dor Green, Tracie Morris, and Pat Oleszko.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2002-03 grant recipients are:
- Jess Dobkin (Toronto, Canada)
- Laure Drogoul (Baltimore, Maryland)
- Zlatko Koplijar (Zagreb, Croatia)
- Mendi Lewis Obadike (Hamden, Connecticut)
- James Scruggs (Jersey City, New Jersey)
- Alexander Viscio (Vienna, Austria)
2001 FUNDWINNERS were selected by this year’s panel to be awarded $5000 from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported in 2001 by Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts to produce a major work anywhere in New York State.
This year’s esteemed selection panel of artists and curators were Patty Chang, Garland Farwell, Zhang Ga, Carmin Karasic, Christiane Paul and Mark Tribe.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2001 grant recipients are:
- Tish Benson
- Christine Carson
- George Ferrandi
- Stanya Kahn
- Cary Peppermint
- Tadej Pogacar
2000 FUNDWINNERS were selected to receive grants of $3000 each from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported in 2000 by Jerome Foundation and with increased funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
This year our esteemed selection panel of artists were Susana Cook, Ricardo Dominguez, Coco Fusco, Jack Waters. This portion of the Franklin Furnace site was designed by Stephanie Werthman.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2000 grant recipients are:
- Nancy Alfaro
- The Art Cheerleaders
- Cloud Seeding Circus
- Deborah Edmeades
- David Michalek
- Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa
- Clifford Owens
- William Pope.L
- Fiona Templeton
- Emma Wilson
In 1999 ten artists were selected to receive grants of $3000 each from the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art, supported by Jerome Foundation and with increased funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 1999 grant recipients are:
- a.k.a.
- Ann Carlson
- Patty Chang
- Susana Cook
- Aleta Hayes
- Peculiar Works Project
- Standard & Poor
- Julie Tolentino
- Phillip Warnell
- Mariano Weinstein
FUNDWINNERS 1998
- Derek Bernstein /Amy Rosen (Brooklyn, NY)
- Justin Chin (San Francisco, CA)
- Default Propaganda (Brooklyn, NY)
- Coco Fusco (Brooklyn, NY)
- Robert Galinsky (New York, NY)
- Devora Neumark (Montreal, Canada)
- Annie Cynthia Pachikara (Murphysboro, IL)
- Hank Smith (Jersey City, NJ)
- Deborah Swisher (Los Angeles, CA)
- Kriota Willberg & Bob Sikoryak (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1997
- Nancy Andrews (Chicago, IL)
- Jessica L. Dobkin (New Brunswick, NJ)
- Betsey Gallagher/Murray Hill (New York, NY)
- Alexander Komlosi (New York, NY)
- Julia Mandle (Brooklyn, NY)
- Sham Mosher (Brooklyn, NY)
- Cynthia Oliver (New York, NY)
- Alexandra Posen (New York, NY)
- Pamela Sneed (Brooklyn, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1996
- Lynn Book & Theo Bleckmann (New York, NY)
- Michael Counts/ Gale Gates et al (New York, NY)
- Billy Curmano (Rushford, MN)
- Deborah Edmeades (New York, NY)
- Judith Sloan (Sunnyside, NY)
- Andre Stitt (London, England)
- Suzanne Stokes (Everett, MA)
- Cathy Weis (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1995
- Tanya Barfield (New York, NY)
- Andrew Bartenev (New York, NY)
- Kyle deCamp (New York, NY)
- Dominique Dibbell (Brooklyn, NY)
- Doorika (Chicago, IL)
- Ann Lobst (New York, NY)
- Hsian-Fu Lu (San Francisco, CA)
- Jennifer Miller (Brooklyn, NY)
- Danny Mydlack (New York, NY)
- Eileen Myles (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1994
- Teri Carter (New York, NY)
- Grisha Coleman (New York, NY)
- Pamela Enz (New York, NY)
- Garland Farwell (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yvonne Meier and Alva Rogers (New York, NY)
- Homer Jackson (Philadelphia, PA)
- Diane Torr (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1993
- Keith Antar Mason (Santa Monica, CA)
- Jim Calder (New York, NY)
- Jump Start (San Antonio, TX)
- Kim Irwin (Durham, NC)
- Daniel Kit Kwong (Santa Monica, CA)
- Michele and Dockery (Rochester, NY)
- Jennifer Miller (Brooklyn, NY)
- Sheelah Murthy (Austin, TX)
- Daniel Tisdale (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1992
- Peter Burns (Burlington, VT)
- Jim Calder (New York, NY)
- Andrea Darriau (New York, NY)
- Stefan Hayn (Berlin, Germany)
- Norma Jean Howland (New York, NY)
- Queer Rites (Los Angeles, CA)
- Sten Rudstrom (San Francisco, CA)
- Canyon Sam (San Francisco, CA)
- Scumwrenches (New York, NY)
- Pearl Ubungen (San Francisco, CA)
- Rae C. Wright (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1991
- James Adlesic (New York, NY)
- Neill Bogan (Brooklyn, NY)
- Ronald Ehmke (Buffalo, NY)
- Garland Farwell (Brooklyn, NY)
- The Glennda and Brenda Show (New York, NY)
- Theresa Haney (New York, NY)
- Louis Lopes (New York, NY)
- Jake Ann Jones (New York, NY)
- Sachiko Nakamura (San Francisco, CA)
- Steven Overman (New York, NY)
- Linda Carmella Sibio (Los Angeles, CA)
- Oliver Wadsworth (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1990
- Bradley Eros (New York, NY)
- Andrea Fraser (New York, NY)
- James E. Godwin (New York, NY)
- G.P. Harding (Brooklyn, NY)
- Yvette Helin (Brooklyn, NY)
- Stephen Holman (Los Angeles, CA)
- Divana Ingravallo/ Tracy Mostovoy (New York, NY)
- Diane Jeep Ries (New York, NY)
- Salley May (New York, NY)
- Jennifer Miller (Brooklyn, NY)
- Peggy Pettitt (New York, NY)
- Pink Inc. (Boston, MA)
- Seemen (Austin, TX)
- Karen Crumley/Kate Stafford (New York, NY)
- Diane Torr (New York, NY)
- Gary Lee Wall (New York, NY)
- Susan Wexler (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1989
- Jesse Allen (Brooklyn , NY)
- Diane Brown (New York, NY)
- Kevin Carter (New York, NY)
- Jay Critchley (Provincetown, MA)
- Erick Derkatsch (New York, NY)
- Barbara Hofrenning (New York, NY)
- Lisa Kotin (New York, NY)
- Rebecca Migdal (Brooklyn, NY)
- Nina Sobel (New York, NY)
- Christopher Sullivan (Chicago, IL)
- Victoria Vesna (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1988
- James Calder/William Pope.L (New York, NY)
- Clovr Chango (New York, NY)
- Eric Darton (New York, NY)
- John Fleck (Los Angeles, CA)
- Holly Hughes (New York, NY)
- Kim Jones (Brooklyn, NY)
- MARYMARY (James Adlesic/Theresa Haney) (New York, NY)
- Lauri Nagel (New York, NY)
- Vernita Nemec (New York, NY)
- Anna O’Sullivan (New York, NY)
- Marty Pottenger (New York, NY)
- Alyson Pou (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1987
- Jerri Allyn (New York, NY)
- Jo Andres (New York, NY)
- Papo Colo(New York, NY)
- Charles Dennis (New York, NY)
- David Leslie (Brooklyn, NY)
- Iris Rose (New York, NY)
- Zone West (Brooklyn, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1986
- Lenora Champagne (New York, NY)
- Richard Elovich (New York, NY)
- Claudia Fitch (New York, NY)
- Robbie McCauley (New York, NY)
- Paul McMahon (New York, NY)
- Kaylynn Sullivan (New York, NY)
- Angelika Wanke Festa (New York, NY)
FUNDWINNERS 1985
- Ellen Fisher (Brooklyn, NY)
- Karen Finley (Nyack, NY)
- Donna Henes (Brooklyn, NY)
- Jeannie Hutchins (New York, NY)
- Ron Littke (Brooklyn, NY)
- Toby MacLennan (Toronto, Canada)
- Diane Torr (New York, NY)
- Fiona Templeton (New York, NY)
List of Future of the Present Winners 1998-2007
FOTP WINNERS 2007
FOTP WINNERS 2006
FOTP WINNERS 2005
FOTP WINNERS 2004
FOTP WINNERS 2003
FOTP WINNERS 2002
FOTP WINNERS 2001
FOTP WINNERS 2000
FOTP WINNERS 1999
FOTP WINNERS 1998
- Romy Achituv
- Davide Bramante
- Michael Bramwell
- Irina Danilova & Steven Ausbury
- Doorika
- Laure Drogoul
- Gillian Dyson
- Sarah East Johnson
- Joshua Fried
- Mark Fox & David Zaza
- Paul Granjon
- Dahn Hiuni
- Andrea Kleine
- Teresa Konechne
- Dance Kumikokimoto
- Stacy Makishi
- Marilena Preda Sanc
- Anita Ponton
- Standard & Poor
- Rafael Sanchez
- Kathy Westwater
- Rae C. Wright
FOTP WINNERS 1998 (PSEUDO PROGRAM)
- Halona Hilbertz
- Bingo Gazingo
- Patricia Hoffbauer
- Jon Keith
- Nora York
- Jason E. Bowman
- Kali Lela Colton
- Anna Mosby Coleman
- Lenora Champagne
- Alvin Eng & Yoav Gal
